“Nick is now another guy on our staff that has a national championship ring on his finger and has experience at all levels of coaching,” Petrino said in a press release. “He is a great motivator and is a very enthusiastic, high-energy guy that will add a lot of excitement and toughness to our defense moving forward.”

Holt was linebackers coach when USC won the national title in 2003.

Also interesting in the press release is the timeline. Holt’s years at Washington are referenced, but only his time at USC is expounded on. They forgot to mention the Huskies set a school record for points allowed in his final season as the DC.

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A proud native of Longview, Wash., Christian Caple joins The News Tribune after covering Washington State football and men's basketball for two years at the Spokesman-Review in Spokane (though he lived in Pullman). He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Washington, an avid NWAACC basketball fan, and is unsure how to proceed now that Breaking Bad is over.

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